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Monroeville Council approves 2025 road paving program bids totaling about $2.2 million
Summary
Council approved three bids for the 2025 road program covering milling/overlay, fog seal and seal coat work — about 4.42 miles of milling/overlay, roughly 10 miles of seal coating and an overall program cost of approximately $2.2–$2.3 million.
Monroeville Borough Council on Tuesday approved three bids for the borough’s 2025 road paving program, a multi-component package that officials said will preserve roughly 14–15 miles of roads and cost about $2.2–$2.3 million.
The program, presented to council by staff, includes an in-house crack-sealing component of about 18 miles; outsourced mill-and-overlay repaving (about 4.42 miles); fog seal work on higher-condition roads; and seal coating on roads rated in the mid-range by the borough’s PASER condition scale. “Approximately a little over $2,000,000 is in the program, 2.2, 2,300,000.0,” a staff presenter said during the meeting.
The paving presentation described the mill-and-overlay work as milling the top coat, performing base repairs and overlaying approximately 3 inches of new asphalt. Fog seal was presented as a preservation treatment for roads with high PASER ratings (closer to 9–10), while seal coating was described as preventive maintenance for roads with PASER ratings around four and five. Staff noted the mill-and-overlay cost is about three times the cost of seal coating on a per-mile basis.
Council heard that about $398,000 was budgeted for the seal-coating portion and roughly $1.3 million for the 4.42 miles of milling and overlay; staff said roughly $300,000 remained between total bid amounts and initial estimates and that they were working with the manager to identify uses for that balance, possibly additional path paving or finishing out neighborhoods where crews would already be mobilized.
Councilmembers asked clarifying questions about per-mile costs and how the borough schedules associated sign and drainage prep work; staff said the sign department and road crews perform pavement- and drainage-related prep ahead of resurfacing.
A motion to accept the three paving bids carried on a council roll call; a mayor or presiding officer announced, “The ayes have it.”
The borough packet includes a municipal pavement infrastructure report dated April 1 and presentation slides that staff said are available online; staff said they would make sure the full report is posted if it was not already.
What’s next: staff will finalize allocations within the approved 2025 paving program and notify council if the roughly $300,000 difference between bids and estimates is applied to additional paths, parking lots or neighborhood paving that falls within the program’s scope.
